Mid-Atlantic

Please note: The Prison Arts Coalition does not offer any programs. The following are independent prison arts programs we have identified in this region. To learn more about the programs below, please contact the programs directly.

New York

  1. Rehabilitation Through the Arts 914-232-7566 or [email protected]
  2. Voices UnBroken Victoria Sammartino, 718.684.2125, [email protected]
  3. The Creative ‘Righting’ Center Long-distance program (see Indiana)
  4. CASES Insight Project Dan Stageman, 212-553-6633, [email protected]
  5. NY State Literary Center Dale Davis, 585-223-0784, [email protected]
  6. PEN American Center Prison Writing Program [email protected]
  7. Bard Prison Initiative Arts courses
  8. Cornell Prison Education Program Arts courses, Writer’s Bloc Literary Journal
  9. Anne Frank Center USA Prison Diary Program [email protected]
  10. Fortune Society Creative arts for youth and adults in the criminal justice system
  11. Right to Write Mara Gross, 914.395.2573, [email protected]
  12. Black is the Day, Black is the Night Amy Elkins, [email protected]
  13. Blackout Arts Collective [email protected]
  14. EarSay 718.791.4324, [email protected]
  15. Artistic Noise Vanessa Ruiz, [email protected]
  16. The Art of Living Prison SMART 866-673-8999, [email protected]
  17. Avodah Dance Ensemble, dance programming at Bedford Hills CF, [email protected]
  18. Hip Hop Justice Radio 94.9 FM Hudson Valley, NY
  19. Milk Not Jails (917) 719-MILK, [email protected]
  20. Theatre of the Oppressed NYC (646) 504-4582, [email protected]
  21. RELEASED - Center for Employment Opportunities Jeyhoun Allebaugh, [email protected]
  22. Carnegie Hall Musical Connections Elizabeth Snodgrass, 212-903-9621, [email protected]
  23. Theatre-in-Education: Prison Production [email protected]
  24. Public Theatre - The Mobile Unit 212-539-8500, [email protected]
  25. New York Writers Coalition (NYWC) - Formerly Incarcerated/Prison Writers Program Nancy Weber, [email protected]
  26. Think Outside the Cell (877) 267-2303, [email protected]
  27. The Young New Yorkers Restorative justice through public art
  28. Lyrics from Lockdown National tour of hip hopera
  29. An Open Window Project, Cornell University, Treacy Ziegler, [email protected]
  30. The Phoenix Players Theatre Group Bruce Levitt, [email protected]
  31. Attica Correctional Facility - The Attica Writer’s Workshop and the Attica - Genesee Teaching Project Doran Larson, [email protected]
  32. Truthworker Theatre Company [email protected], 917-771-7475
  33. Music on the Inside Alina Bloomgarden, [email protected], 212-580-6225

Pennsylvania

  1. Mural Arts Program Restorative Justice Robyn Buseman, [email protected], 215-685-0756
  2. The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program Steven Shankman, 215-204-5163, [email protected]
  3. Words Without Walls [email protected]
  4. SageWriters Judith Trustone, 610-328-6101, [email protected]
  5. The Pennsylvania Prison Society - The Working Group to Enhance Services for Incarcerated Women Ann Schwartzman, 215.564.6005, [email protected]
  6. Books Through Bars 215-727-8170, [email protected]
  7. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Roots to Re-Entry Project
  8. Brush With the Law at Montgomery County Correctional Facility Maria Maneos
  9. The People’s Paper Co-op
  10. Shining Light performing arts, Jeffrey Bohn [email protected]

New Jersey

  1. The Institute for Prison Teaching and Outreach Literary Magazine, [email protected]
  2. Perkins Center for the Arts [email protected]
  3. NJ State Prison in Trenton Susanne Pitak Davis, [email protected]
  4. Writers Theatre of New Jersey [email protected]